Weekend Warrior Waterfowl Quiz

On a weekend that is, at least around here, cold, gray, and dreary, it’s entirely possible that not everyone is exercising their avian observation muscles to the fullest. Here’s a waterfowl workout for you weekend warriors… aficionados from either side of the Atlantic can and should play along:

Easy, right? I’m sure you don’t need it, but here’s another view. Gods save you if you actually get this right!

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.

Yep, that is a tough one. Not to be disrespectful, but I have more experience than all of you. I can see how you could interpret the feather design to be that of a pintail, but this bird is acyually a rare type of white-breasted northern woodpecker. It is an albino, this explains the white-tan tint to the feathers, and the reason that it is in the water: it is feeding off of chemical nutrients from the bottom to control it’s lack of pigments. This is a once in a lifetime bird, congratulations! For the beginners above me, keep trying to improve your knowledge, one day you might be experts.